Difference word meaning and definition

[noun] the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock"
[noun] a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
[noun] a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"
[noun] the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
[noun] a significant change; "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference"

\Dif"fer*ence\, n. [F. diff['e]rence, L. differentia.] 1. The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty? Differencies of administration, but the same Lord. --1 Cor. xii. 5. 2. Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy. What was the difference? It was a contention in public. --Shak. Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving the old warden and the young constable to compose their difference as they could. --T. Ellwood. 3. That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute. The marks and differences of sovereignty. --Davies. 4. Choice; preference. [Obs.] That now he chooseth with vile difference To be a beast, and lack intelligence. --Spenser. 5. (Her.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See {Augmentation}, and {Marks of cadency}, under {Cadency}. 6. (Logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia. 7. (Math.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other. {Ascensional difference}. See under {Ascensional}. Syn: Distinction; dissimilarity; dissimilitude; variation; diversity; variety; contrariety; disagreement; variance; contest; contention; dispute; controversy; debate; quarrel; wrangle; strife.
\Dif"fer*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Differenced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Differencing}.] To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish. Thou mayest difference gods from men. --Chapman. Kings, in receiving justice and undergoing trial, are not differenced from the meanest subject. --Milton. So completely differenced by their separate and individual characters that we at once acknowledge them as distinct persons. --Sir W. Scott.

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